Thanks for your honesty! I guess no one is checking exif anymore and you could have pretended successfully that your shot was done yesterday
since we are already very vague on the timing the vote and new thread starts due to lack of a moderator, we should be strikt in case of rules that are not necessary to bend to keep this competition running conveniently.

I nevertheless read from the current rule that pictures taken before the theme was announced can count when shot during the month in question.
Should we reformulate "Photos must be taken during this month" to "Photos must be taken and posted after theme was announced and before voting starts"?